Corporate Information

CORPORATE PROFILE

Trade Name Japan Pail Corporation
Head Office Nishihonmachi DAIGO Building 6F
2-4-23 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka
Japan 550-0011
(Sales Division) TEL: +81-6-6535-1721 FAX: +81-6-6535-1725
(Administration Division) TEL: +81-6-6535-1741 FAX: +81-6-6535-1745
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Office Tokyo Branch [map]
Takaishi Factory [map]
Amagasaki Factory [map]
Chiba Factory [map]
Established 1/1/04
Accounting period End of March every year
Capital ¥300 million
Scales (Sales) 7.7 billion yen
(Total assets) 6.7 billion yen
[IR情報]
Business Overview Manufacture and sale of steel pails, and other metallic containers.
Number of Employees 174 (as of April 2024)
Staff - Directors -
President Yasuhiro Obuchi
Director (part-time work) Takumi Sakuma
Director (part-time work) Yoichiro Kishikawa
Director (part-time work) Toshiyuki Katane
Corporate auditor Yasuhiro Toba
- Company executives -
President and executive chief Yasuhiro Obuchi
Executive director (Sales・information Systems・public relations) Tetsuo Matsuda
Executive director (Manufacturing,Technology & Purchasing) Masayuki Okawa
Executive director (Management) Toshio Kimura
Stakeholders Metal One Corporation
NIPPON STEEL Corporation
JFE Container Co. Ltd.
Organisation [Organisation]
Affiliated Organization Japan Steel Drum Association
Basic information on Steel pails

Transformation of Japan Pail

It all started in 1947...

Unicon Co. Ltd.

1967
  • Established Universal Container Service Co. Ltd.
1968
  • Relocated head office to Takaishi city
1975
  • Changed company name to Unicon Co. Ltd.
1991
  • Established Universal Print Co. Ltd. and started metal printing business
2001
  • Acquired ISO9001 certification

Daido Corporation

1947
  • Established Amagasaki Steel Industries
  • Started manufacturing home goods and small drums cans
1956
  • Changed company name to Daido Corporation
1969
  • Established a new pail facility
2001
  • Acquired ISO9001 certification

Kawatetsu Container Co. Ltd.

1961
  • Established Nippon Steel Container Co. Ltd.
1965
  • Changed company name to Kawatetsu Container Co. Ltd.
1969
  • Started pail production at Itami factory
1986
  • Started pail production at Chiba factory
2002
  • Pale division gets ISO 9001 certification
  • Chiba Plant Acquires ISO 14001 Certification

Koukan Drum Co. Ltd.

JFE Container Co. Ltd.

2003
  • Kawatetsu Container Co. Ltd. merged with Koukan Drum Co. Ltd. and become JFE Container Co. Ltd.

And now...

2004
  • Merged the pail division of Unicon Co. Ltd., Daido Corporation, JFE Container Co. Ltd. and established Japan Pail Corporation
  • Equipped Amagasaki factory with clean pail manufacturing equipment
2007
  • Acquired Environmental ISO certification for all business sites
2008
  • Withdrawal from small- and medium drum manufacturing
2009
  • Takaishi factory fully installed with new air-conditioning system
2010
  • Tokyo branch moved to the new office
  • Amagasaki factory fully installed with new air-conditioning system
2011
  • Closing Universal Print Co. Ltd., withdrawal from metal printing business
  • Introducing a new core IT system
2016
  • Renewal of "Management philosophy"
2017
  • Chiba factory equipped with new welding machine
2018
  • Takaishi factory welding equipment updated to the latest type